Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 19, Issue 2, Article 6 (Dec., 2018) Anjni KOUL and Ruchi VERMA Science kits as resource: Issues and challenges Previous Contents Next

Research design

Research Tool

A common tool for upper primary and secondary stages in English and Hindi was developed. The tool was reviewed and finalized (Appendix).

The tool has two parts:

Part I - General information about availability of science kits in schools.

Part II - Feedback from the respondent teachers about use of science kits.

Collection of Data

The Directorate of Education, Delhi was approached to allocate 40 Government schools of Delhi on the basis of availability of science kits. Nearly 120 teachers were involved in this study. The list of the schools was provided by the directorate, where both the kits for upper primary and secondary stages were available.

The tool was administered in 40 Government Schools. There respondent teachers were given freedom to fill the tool either in English or Hindi as per their convenience. There was also verbal communication with teachers regarding use of these kits, the difficulties, if any, they are facing while using these kits during teaching-learning process.

The data was collected and analyzed.